Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
Please join us for this last official section of our section-hike-through on this second round of Walking With Bartram. We'll finish this up with a hike from Cheoah Bald to Beechertown the trailhead. This section will be about 7.5 miles in total. We’ve planned this section for the least amount of backtracking and elevation gain, […]
Join us for the 3rd round of our Walking with Bartram series hikes. We’re starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We’ll work our way through this first section to Sandy Ford Gap. Last year, these hikes were really popular, we're so appreciative of the […]
Join us for the 3rd round of our Walking with Bartram series hikes. We’re starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We’ll work our way through this first section to Sandy Ford Gap. Last year, these hikes were really popular, we’re so appreciative of the […]
Join us for the 3rd round of our Walking with Bartram series hikes. We’re starting all over again in North Georgia, at Russell Bridge/HWY 28 at the South Carolina state line. We’ll work our way through this first section to Sandy Ford Gap. Last year, these hikes were really popular, we’re so appreciative of the […]
We have rescheduled our last Walking with Bartram hike to this Monday, April 22. We will be meeting at Warwoman Dell at 9am and shuttling to Sandy Ford. We hope you'll come join us this time! We had to reschedule because of the USFS prescribed burns that we encountered last time. RSVP below if you […]
The Walking with Bartram hike this week has already filled up. We hope you'll join us next month! We'll be hiking the 8.5 mile section from Wilson Gap to Warwoman Dell. This hike will cover some beautiful country as we pass Becky Branch Falls, Martin Creek, Pinnacle knob, and much more to experience in between. […]
This hike is full. We hope you can join us next time! This hike will take us 9.2 miles to the GA/NC border, straddling the eastern continental divide and passing over Rabun Bald, Georgia's second highest mountain. We will meet at the Hale Ridge Rd Trailhead at 9am, and get shuttled up to Wilson Gap. […]
Join us this month as we traverse the Fishhawk range to hike from Jones Gap to Hickory Knoll Road on the Bartram Trail. This 9.6 mile hike will lead us through stunning terrain and views of Whiterock Mountain, and will go through botanically unique areas of "montane cedar glades". We'll be meeting at 9am at […]
We will be making up our hurricaned out hike from last month on the second Friday of October. We’re be going to be hiking the new(ish) reroute that takes us along the greenway and through the town of Franklin. We’ll meet at the First United Methodist Church at 1pm to hike the 7 miles along […]
This month we will be starting at Wallace Branch and hiking up to and connecting with the Trimont Ridge Trail, which takes us back to the old state prison on Co-op Road. From there we will take the sidewalk back to the Lazy Hiker. This hike takes us through some beautiful cove forest and alongside […]
Barking with Bartram is teaming up with Appalachian Animal Rescue Center (aarc.franklin.nc) to feature a select furperson each month. This November’s pupper is named Carrie We all know how about William Bartram’s regard for animals. So if you’d like to join us on a walk with this sweetie, a beautiful red & blue tick hound […]
We'll be back in Georgia this week to do storm cleanup. Expect a lot of tree cutting and clearing brush! Exact location is TBD but we'll be working from 9am to 3pm. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. If you’re new to […]
